Education & Outreach

Primary school activities (Key Stages 1 and 2) are organised in co-operation with Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water with all sessions taught by a qualified primary science teacher.  The Museum offers the newly-developed Water at the Waterworks programme.  This is aimed at pupils from 7-11 years old and covers many aspects of Science, Geography, History and Education for Sustainable Development.  Pupils spend a full day at the Museum and learn about water and the vital role it plays in our lives.  There is plenty of hands-on work including simple water-filtering experiments, pond-dipping  By prior discussion, sessions suitable for Key Stage 1 can also be provided.

For secondary schools, major cross-curricular projects have been developed for Key Stage 3 covering and combining aspects of engineering, science, mathematics, geography and history.  All sessions involve a mixture of class-room studies, practical activities (all safe) on real engines and machinery in the Museum, and a satisfying amount of team work.  For Key Stage 4, more advanced sessions can be offered.  All secondary school provision is organised and delivered in close co-operation with the teachers involved.  An example would be sessions tailored for one school which concentrated on flooding.  It involved map work on the devastation to Hereford City which would be caused by a flood of given depth, together with pupils calculating the flow of the River Wye from very simple measurements.
Schools and centres catering for special educational needs are warmly welcomed.  Sessions, which may simply involve areas and exhibits in the working Museum, can be arranged by prior discussion.  The whole Museum is accessible for wheelchair users either directly or by closed-circuit television.
To support the outreach work of the Museum, volunteers will gladly give talks in schools or to adult groups, clubs and societies in the wider community.  Full audio-visual support is available.

School enquiries: 01600 890118

Things to do for youngsters
A range of materials from quiz and colouring cards to simplified guidebooks for all youngsters from pre-school to teens. The smallest ones can follow the trail of Freddy the naughty frog whilst older children can complete the time-line of famous engineers.

Pumps to operate. Replica water-lifting devices to try of 2000 years ago. Experiments to do.
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